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Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A) [2] was a 1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the seventh crewed Gemini flight, the 15th crewed American flight and the 23rd spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (62 mi; 54 nmi)).
Stafford and Cernan. After several postponements, Gemini 9A, the seventh crewed and third rendezvous mission of the Gemini program, was launched into orbit at 9:39 a.m. from complex 19 at Cape Kennedy, [4] [14] crewed by command pilot Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford and pilot Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan.
Two of the Atlas-Agena vehicles failed to reach orbit on Gemini 6 and Gemini 9, and a mis-rigging of the nosecone on a third caused it to fail to eject in orbit, preventing docking on Gemini 9A. The final flight, Gemini 12 , launched on November 11, 1966.
A Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-14 mission carrying up 22 of the internet satellites is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 7:56 p.m.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 of its Starlink satellites is aiming for liftoff from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 9 p.m. with with four backup options tonight between 9:50 p.m. and 12: ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose into the night sky for an on-time liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 on May 17, 2024. The rocket launch is seen from the Vero Beach High ...
After being converted for the Titan II ICBM program in 1962, LC-19 was later designated for the Gemini flights. After the program concluded in December 1966, LC-19 was closed down. The Gemini white room from the top of the booster erector has been partially restored and is on display at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum located at Complex 26 .
A retired Titan II missile, repainted as GLV-3 12558 (Gemini 3), is on display at KSC Rocket Garden since 2010. [8] Another retired Titan II missile, repainted as GLV-9 12564 (Gemini 9A), is on display at the Stafford Air & Space Museum. [9] A Gemini-Titan II full-scale replica was erected for the 1964 New York World's Fair.